Hay-stacker



(No Model.) L. W. CARSON.

v HAY STAGKER. No. 252,427. Patented Jan. 17,1882.

WITN ESSES INVENTOR LQ TT'ORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONIDAS W. CARSON, OF MANSON, IOWA.

HAY-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,427, dated January17, 1862.

Application filed July 16, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONIDAS W. CARsoN, a citizen of the United States,resident of Manson, in the county of Calhoun andState ofIowa, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Hay-Stackers; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon. a

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view ofapparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view ofthe drag.

This invention hasrelation to hay-stacking machines; and it consists inthe construction and novel arrangement of the inclined plane, itssupports, central guideway, and opening at the top of said guideway, thedrag and its rudder or guide-flange, and the ropes and pulleys wherebythe parts are operated, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the inclinedplane, constructed of suitable inclined longitudinal beams, B, andcrossbars O, and supported by means of standards or struts D, which aresecured at their lower ends to the base E, which is made broad, and isstrongly fastened to said struts and to the lower end of the inclinedplane, being de signed to hold stones or weights, when required, or tobe staked to the ground. The upper portion of the inclined plane isdesigned to pioject over beyond the inner line of the base, so as toextend well over the stack. At the upper end of'the inclined-plane theframe is extended by means of the angle F, to which issrcured apulley,g, said pulleyibeingcentrallyarranged and designed to carry therope h, which is con nected to the drag. Extending upward from the baseportion of the incline centrally and longitudinally are the guide-barsk, between which is the guideway m. Above said bars,

and below the angular extension F, is a large opening, L, arrangedbetween the side bars of the inclined plane, at the upper portionthereof, as indicated in the drawings.

(No model.)

T represents the drag, on which the hay to be stacked is loaded. Thisdrag consists of a transverse body portion, 8, a rear guide or rudder,w, and angularly-arranged bars 2, ex tending upward therefrom, andsecured together at a common point, p.

The transverse body portion 8 is secured to two battens, t, the ends 8projecting beyond the said battens, to which latter the forked cord isattached, as shown.

The rudder w is centrally arranged, and is designed to engage theguideway mas the drag is pulled up the inclined plane until the openlogL is reached. At the same time the battens t pass between the guide-barslaand beams B, the ends 8 of portion .9 resting and sliding ont-helatter. opening L it drops through, turning the drag on its ends s.Then the hayis quickly discharged through the opening on the stackbelow. After the hay is discharged the rope is slackened, when gravitywill cause the drag to slide down the incline, the portions 2 strikingthe lower edge of the opening and turning the drag over, in whichposition it runs down for another load.

I am aware that an inclined frame having an opening therein, incombination with a carriage and operating rope and pulley, is not new,and I lay no claim thereto; but

What I claim is The inclined frame A, having the guidetracks 70 It,forming the way m, and having its upper portion extending beyond thebase, with the opening L in such overhanging portion, in combinationwith pulley g, rope h, and drag T, having body 5 and guide or ruddler w,all ar-' ranged to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence WVitnesses:

BUTLER S. WILLIAMS,

)LAnENoE G. JACKSON.

When the rudder reaches the

